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Convent of the Capuchins

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38.7762, −9.4183

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A 16th-century Franciscan monastery entirely carved from rock and lined with cork for insulation. Byron called it 'the most sublime place in the world'—the tiny cells tell of a life of complete asceticism.

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  • Sintra, Portugal
  • 38.7762, −9.4183

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